Back-band buckle



(No Model.) 7 D. B. MeOALL. BACK BAND BUCKLE.

No. 487,222. Patented Sept. 30. 1890.

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UNITED STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE.

DUGALD B. MCCALL, OF YARRELTON, TEXAS.

BACK-BAND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 437,222, datedSeptember 30, 1890.

Application filed February 24, 1890. Serial No. 341,541. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DUGALD B. MCOALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yarrelton, in the county of Milam and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Back- Band Buckle, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in back-band buckl s.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive back-band buckle adapted to protect the sides of an animalagainst rnbbin g, and capable of enabling the tug-chain to be readilysecured thereto and removed therefrom and of securely holding the samewithout liability of the chain becoming accidentally unfastened.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle constructedin accordance with the invention and shown applied to a back-band. Fig.2 is a similar View of the buckle detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view.Fig. 4 is a reversed plan view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the frame ofaback-band buckle, constructed of suitable metal and approximatelyrectangular in form and composed of the parallel side bars 2 and 3 andthe end bars 4 and 5. The end bars 4 and 5 are provided a short distancefrom the upper side bar 3 with cars 6, which are perforated to providebearings in which is journaled a bar 7, that is provided with a seriesof tongues 8 to engage the perforation of a back-band 9. The lower sidebar 2 is provided at a point about midway its length with integral L-shaped hooks 10, that are adapted to receive a link of a tug-chain, andit will readily be seen that the links may be readily engaged with theL-shaped hooks and will be securely retained in place and be preventedbecoming accidentally unfastened. The L-shaped hooks have their arms 11,which are adjacent to the side bar 2, parallel, and the arms 12, thatare bent at right angles to the arms 11, lie in the same plane. The endbars 4 and 5 are perforated and adapted to have a suitable pad orprotector readily secured to them to prevent the animal being injured bythe rubbing of the buckle.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the back-band buckle issimple and inexpensive in construction, adapted to be readily applied toa back-band, and capable ofreadily receiving and securely retaining thetug-chain and of permitting the same to be readily removed when desired.

That I claim is-- 1. A back-band buckle provided with the L-shaped hooksoppositely disposed on the lower bar and adapted to receive a tug-chain,and having their arms 11 arranged parallel with each other and theirarms 12 arranged in the same plane, substantially as described.

2. A back-band buckle comprising the rectangular framecomposed of theside bars 2 and 3 and end bars 4 and 5, and being perforated and adaptedto have a pad or protector readily secured thereto, the ears formedintegral with the end bars and arranged a short distance from the upperside bar 3, the bar 7, journaled in said ears, and the L-shaped hooksoppositely disposed and formed integral with lower side bar 2, andhaving their arms 11 arranged parallel with each other and their arms 12lying in the same plane, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DUGALD B. MCCALL.

WVitnesses:

E. J. MOCALL, J. C. MOCALL.

